What has the UK become?

Bigga said:
At the behest of explaining it again, I say Rasc knows where I stand on things.

If he's not offended or annoyed at what I said, it's because he knows from which position I am on the political sphere.

And that's good enough for me.
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Only kidding mate
 
stonerblue said:
Hmmm?
I know the RF councillors and the work they have done in the last 3 years. They have been out and about in the community and actually listen to the populus which, given all the other parties have been conspicuous by their absence, has made them quite popular
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The irony is that for many years Bury MBC was dominated by the 'Radcliffe Mafia' as they were known, a group of senior Labour Councillors whose seats were in - Radcliffe.

For some reason, the people of Radcliffe perceive themselves as oppressed by evil Bury. But the town's problems are almost 100% down to economic factors beyond the control of any council, notably the decline of the textile and paper industries that once provided many jobs - albeit low-paid ones. That industry is never going to return, and no amount of inward-looking parochialism will change that.

Come to think of it - it's a metaphor for Brexit Britain.
 
BrianW said:
The irony is that for many years Bury MBC was dominated by the 'Radcliffe Mafia' as they were known, a group of senior Labour Councillors whose seats were in - Radcliffe.

For some reason, the people of Radcliffe perceive themselves as oppressed by evil Bury. But the town's problems are almost 100% down to economic factors beyond the control of any council, notably the decline of the textile and paper industries that once provided many jobs - albeit low-paid ones. That industry is never going to return, and no amount of inward-looking parochialism will change that.

Come to think of it - it's a metaphor for Brexit Britain.
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Bang on but have to say some factory jobs were very well paid.
 
BrianW said:
The irony is that for many years Bury MBC was dominated by the 'Radcliffe Mafia' as they were known, a group of senior Labour Councillors whose seats were in - Radcliffe.

For some reason, the people of Radcliffe perceive themselves as oppressed by evil Bury. But the town's problems are almost 100% down to economic factors beyond the control of any council, notably the decline of the textile and paper industries that once provided many jobs - albeit low-paid ones. That industry is never going to return, and no amount of inward-looking parochialism will change that.

Come to think of it - it's a metaphor for Brexit Britain.
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Long before Brexit Radcliffe town centre like many town centres was very rundown so it doesn’t surprise me they put Radcliffe first in, any councillor that might bring hope and change to the local community imo
 
Kirkstall Blue said:
Long before Brexit Radcliffe town centre like many town centres was very rundown so it doesn’t surprise me they put Radcliffe first in, any councillor that might bring hope and change to the local community imo
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Yes, but don't you see? The mental process was the same. Hitting out in frustration at a perceived enemy instead of the real enemy. That's what I was getting at.

Whether the Council is Labour, Tory, Lib-Dem, Green, Reform or the Tooting Popular Front they are powerless in the face of economic reality and the changes in the national economy. Radcliffe will never be what it was, any more than Britain will be. You have to build a new paradigm, which cannot be done via simplistic slogans or solutions. It involves facing up to what the world is now, not what it was in some idealised version of 1958.
 
Looking for music I just stumbled into a propaganda thread of the worst kind on you-tube, “Muslims are planning to take over Britain” 415 thousand views in one month. Muslims infiltrating government and the army. So help me I’ve heard of such things but never before read about it on public you tube
This is where a “stop the boats“ campaign gets us I blame the conservative policy they have used to fight an election on as stirring up racial hatred just to win votes.
 
Kirkstall Blue said:
Looking for music I just stumbled into a propaganda thread of the worst kind on you-tube, “Muslims are planning to take over Britain” 415 thousand views in one month. Muslims infiltrating government and the army. So help me I’ve heard of such things but never before read about it on public you tube
This is where a “stop the boats“ campaign gets us I blame the conservative policy they have used to fight an election on as stirring up racial hatred just to win votes.
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The Tories will spout that shite on SM once the election is called.

Frog faced Führer has already started on Gbeebies.
 
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